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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎98r] (195/644)

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The record is made up of 1 file (320 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1933-27 Mar 1947. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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647. During July Colonel Nordquist visited Major Arfa, who has been in
Europe for some three years as head of the Persian mission engaged in the
purchase of war material for the Persian Government. While on this visit an
order for a further nine “ Tiger Moth ” machines, to be fitted with Gypsy Major
130-h.p. engines, was placed with the De Havilland Company.
648. These machines were shipped to Bandar Shahpur, assembled in Ahwaz
and flown to Tehran towards the end of December. They are fitted for, and were
accompanied by, four sets of floats, for conversion to seaplanes when required.
649. Colonel Nordquist also made arrangements with the same company for
the supply and erection of workships for the building complete of the fuselages,
and the repair of engines, of the “Tiger Moth” and “Hawker” type of
aircraft. The shops are to be in production in 1935, and will be under the
direction of two experts from each of the companies and one from the American
firm of Pratt and Whitney.
650. On the 28th August three of the Russian R. 5 machines gave a
display of bombing in the presence of His Imperial Majesty the Shah. The
target was a 25 metres circle for a “ direct ” hit and 75 metres for a “ hit ” and
the bombs were dropped from a height of 1,200 metres. Out of a total of thirty-
six bombs dropped, twenty hit the target.
651. During the manoeuvres of the Tehran garrison held during October,
and which lasted twenty-four hours only, six machines were based on Kerej, but,
beyond making an early morning reconnaissance over the Tehran headquarters,
took no part in the operations.
652. It will thus be seen that during the past year the Persian air force
has been augmented (excluding casualties) by twenty-seven “Tiger Moth”
machines and ten Russian aircraft, and in the near future will be further so
by the arrival of thirty “ Hawker ” and ten De Havilland machines.
653. Great activity has been shown in practising all forms of flying and
with the passing out of the students at the school of instruction the air force
should have at its disposal approximately forty trained pilots.
(C) Navy.
654. No additional ships have been acquired by the Persian Government
during the year under review. It has been reported that orders for a floating
dock, an oil-fuelling ship, one tug and one additional gunboat have been placed
in Italy.
655. The Persian Government has informed the League of Tsations that
in their naval programme they ultimately aim at the following strength :—
In the Caspian—
4 destroyers of total tonnage of ... ... 4,400
In the Persian Gulf—
3 cruisers, 1st class, of a total tonnage of ... 15,000
2 cruisers, 2nd class, of a total tonnage of ... 6,900
10 destroyers of a total tonnage of ... ... 10,000
4 submarines of a total tonnage of ... ... 3,200
with a total personnel of 325 officers and 4,887 petty officers and men.
656. Twenty-one of the forty Italian officers, petty officers and men who
accompanied the ships which arrived from Italy last year had returned to Italy
by September 1933. Unconfirmed reports state that most of the remainder have
since taken their departure.
657. In April the Persian Charge d’Affaires in London made enquiries
through the Foreign Office regarding the training of Persian naval cadets.
Details as to the cost, duration and place of training were furnished by the
Admiralty, but up to the date of the submission of this report nothing further
has been heard of the scheme.

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Annual reports for Persia [Iran] produced by staff at the British Legation in Tehran. The reports were sent to the Foreign Office by HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran (from 1943, Ambassador to Iran). The reports cover the following years: 1932 (ff 2-50); 1933 (ff 51-98); 1934 (ff 99-128); 1935 (ff 129-165); 1936 (ff 166-195); 1937 (ff 196-227); 1938 (ff 228-249); 1939 (ff 250-251); 1940 (ff 252-257); 1941 (ff 258-266); 1942 (ff 267-277); 1943 (ff 278-289); 1944 (ff 290-306); 1945 (ff 307-317); 1946 (ff 318-320).

The reports for 1932 to 1938 are comprehensive in nature (each containing their own table of contents), and cover: an introductory statement on affairs in Persia, with a focus on the Shah’s programme of modernisation across the country; an overview of foreign relations between Persia and other nations, including with the United Kingdom, British India, and Iraq; Persia’s involvement in international conventions and agreements, for example the League of Nations and the Slave Traffic Convention; British interests in or associated with Persia, including Bahrain and Bahrainis resident in Persia, the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Bank of Persia, and the Imperial and International Communications Company; political affairs in Persia, including court and officials, majlis, tribes and security; economic affairs in Persia (government finances and budgets, trade, industry, agriculture, opium production); communications (aviation, railways, roads); consular matters; military matters (army, navy, air force).

Reports from 1939 to 1946 are briefer in nature, Reports from 1941 onwards focusing on the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia, and the role of United States advisors in the Persian Government’s administration.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (320 folios)
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The file’s reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Each report for the years 1932-1938 begins with a table of contents referring to that report’s own printed pagination sequence.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 321; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

The file contains one foliation anomaly, f 308A

Pagination: Each of the reports included in the file has its own printed pagination system, commencing at 1 on the first page of the report.

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